#72 – YOUR NEW JOB IN 2015 – ELIZABETH LIONS

Elizabeth LionsAs the year comes to a close, I’m shocked how many new clients I’ve picked up. All employed. All ready to start their job search now and not wait until January, along with New Years resolutions.

You’d be surprised where people find people.

We all know the usual suspects: Dice, Monster (who is going under and being gobbled up by…) Career Builder. Continue reading

#71 – FUTURE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – GM BOARD RISK COMMITTEE – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixGeneral Motors announced a few months ago it was setting a Board level committee to provide continuing oversight over operating risk.  Take a look at Risk Committee Charter.  It points to the future of operational governance.

Why?  GM had a recall of 2.6 million vehicles due to ignition switch problems.  The defective switch was linked to accidents that may have killed at least 13 people. Continue reading

#71 – HOW A QUALITY PRO LEARNED ABOUT RISK – BILL WALKER

Bill WalkerWOW!  I thought that I knew a lot about RISK MANAGEMENT and boy was I wrong.  I was in a five day BOOT CAMP taught by Greg Hutchins and Ed Perkins.

There are many tools and definitions that must be identified, learned and then used to reduce RISK and CONTROL variation.  Eliminate uncertainty in your entire organization is a MUST DO. Continue reading

#71 – ISO 27001: INTRODUCTION AND THE ROAD TO CERTIFICATION – VINCENT PALERMO

Publicly announced breaches of secured information are so common today that they almost seem routine. Last year, in the United States alone, financial companies like JPMorgan Chase and retailers such as Target and Home Depot were victimized by information system hackers that allegedly gained access to the confidential data of millions of businesses and consumers. Continue reading

#71 – LOGISTICS LESSONS LEARNED – UMBERTO TUNESI

Umberto TunesiI’ve already written a few lines on the Risks connected with Logistics processes.  As our business world becomes larger and larger and ever increasing quantities of merchandise are stored in faraway parts of the globe and moved from one part to another, we can’t afford to ignore that Logistics processes represent Risks by themselves. Continue reading